If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?*

[bending_sickle]

They say that yesterday it felt like 40 degrees Celcius, and today it basically felt just as hot. I had lunch outside 'cause that's where all the cool kids interns and volunteers eat, but just as I sat down they rolled up the tarps and exposed the whole balcony to the firey heat of a thousand suns. We, being young, stubborn, and stupid, stayed on, bravely sweating over our trays, squinting at each other's faces, and trying not to burn our fingers with the cutlery. Meanwhile, the pigeons were walking over tables and nabbing beans off of someone's forgotten half-eaten salad.

This afternoon my mom was listening to some Baroque music, including Pachelbel's Canon in D Major and I don't know if it's the heat or what, but I swear some of its melody is in Spiritualized's "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space", meaning the "I will love you till I die and I will love you all the time, so please put your sweat hand in mine and float in space and drift in time" line.

...aaaand a quick google tells me that ain't news. *sigh* Now I no longer feel so accomplished. Also, songs based on Pachelbel's Canon and Paravonian's Pachelbel Rant.

Meme: 30-Day Original Story Development Challenge

Here is a 30 day original story development challenge. It can be filled by prose or illustration or comic or even just script, whatever works for you and how you’ll be displaying the setting. Feel free to reveal as much or as little as you want.

Day 3 - A main protagonist’s best friend(s), their bio(s).

When he was young, Clarence always wondered whether he would make a good father, the kind who took their kid to the park on weekends for a round of catch, who clapped and cheered misty-eyed at the end of ever school play, who sat by their bedside and told them fanciful stories. He'd read about that kind of father in books when he himself was just a boy and, while he loved his Pop, he knew he didn't want there to be that distance between him and his future child.

When it turned out that Cedric had hayfever and stagefright and read under the covers by the glow of a flashlight, Clarence took it in stride. He was older now and what he wanted from himself as a father was harder to gasp and even harder to describe, but seeing Cedric grow up was evidence enough that he was getting close.

Close enough was probably as far as he would ever get. He had alsmost come to terms with the fact that he would never see Cedric grow old - never see him again, in fact. Almost, of course, because a father always hoped.

Sometimes, with Chip, he felt the old paternal echo, felt it in his bones and chest, the hollow curve of a bell still faintly humming with vibration.

Close enough.

Day 4 - A main antagonist, their bio.
Day 5 - The place a character sleeps.
Day 6 - The place a character works/goes to school/hangs out whatever.
Day 7 - A major story location.
Day 8 - A character’s parent(s) or guardian
Day 9 - A minor antagonist.
Day 10 - Your character when they were young(er)
Day 11 - What kind of people show up in the background in your world?
Day 12 - How does a character comfort themself?
Day 13 - What kind of foods are popular in the setting?
Day 14 - What is a character’s biggest regret?
Day 15 - What are a character’s bad habits?
Day 16 - What was a character’s first romantic and/or sexual encounter like?
Day 17 - What are popular sports and hobbies in your setting?
Day 18 - What would your protagonist do if they saw your antagonist on the street?
Day 19 - What would your antagonist do if they saw your protagonist on the street?
Day 20 - Demonstrate a character and their best friend and/or love interest interacting as they most commonly do.
Day 21 - What is a character’s deepest desire?
Day 22 - What animals appear in your setting?
Day 23 - A unique place in your setting.
Day 24 - Where did you draw inspiration for the setting/story from?
Day 25 - A character’s proudest moment.
Day 26 - What special talents or abilities does a character have?
Day 27 - Describe/Illustrate an average day to a character.
Day 28 - A character’s most embrassing moment.
Day 29 - Describe/illustrate an important thematic element.
Day 30 - Describe/Illustrate a major event in the setting’s history.

Links of the Day:
Supernatural:
Eastcollins' Photo Convention staged photo ; Fanart My new Supernatural OTPs ; GIF Collection This is a Sam Winchestre's Bitchface Apprecition Post ; Twitterpic and Quote Misha: Me and my friend Jason (and the book that mentions me) ; Photo Convention: Misha and Jared work it for the camera ; GIF Panel: Misha and Jared - *stares* ; Text Definition of Castiel ; GIF Misha, on feeding West ; Twitterphoto Misha: Our friend came over to babysit last night ; GIF Confetti! It's a parade! - Blooper and Conventions Editions ; GIF and Quote Jared answers Shag, Marry, Kill ; GIF Misha and Jared at Convention ; GIF You guys want to run lines, or... ; GIF Misha and Jared at Convention ; Photo Jared with this fanmade Birthday card ; Text Improve a SPN episode by adding "in my pants" ; Text Since the Pilot, only these people have cut his hair ; Text NJ Con: Misha is teaching us Tibetan throat singing & Misha doesn't know what a patronus is. Jared says... ; GIF "I'm alone" - Tag: "Sadly this is now true. Thanks Winchesters." ; Screencap Damn boxers ; Photo Comparison The hugs are real - ♥ ; Text Misha bought Go the Fuck to Sleep book for West ; GIF Misha: I just love it how Misha is trying hard not to laugh. ; Jensen: He stares at Cupid’s crotch for ages after this gif ends. ; Fanart Blood debt ; Video Misha on feeding West
Oxymoronish's Doctor Who Crossover GIF ...what?
It's Sorcery's Fanart Jared the Moose ; Photo Jared feeds a lion cub ; Photo Misha and Jared hug
Atomicblonde's Quote Misha on going out with Jared and Jensen
Lameassmadeupname's Firefly Crossover Where the hell did he send us? & Where are the aliens? ; Fanart Damnit, why didn't you give him a sign!
Tumblr's Tag NJ Con

Doctor Who:
Tacoface's GIFs and Music Katie Perry - Supernatural
It's Sorcery's Video Matt Smith in In Bruges ; Photo Karen with Boy in Cosplay (Doctor) ; Photo Karen with Boy in Cosplay (Dalek)
Atomicblonde's Fanart Sneak a Peak - Amy Pond

Sherlock:
Tacoface's Screencap Can you do a summary of Sherlock? ; Movie Poster Fuck Buddies

True Blood:
Jessica's Blog A house is not a home & The ethics of glamourin'
Eastcollins' Text Sookie's reading material - It was Grave Sight, I think. *crosses fingers for a Harper Connelly TV show* ; Fanart Alan Ball
Atomicblonde's Fanvid Everyone says "Sookie" - XD
Vampires Kill

Firefly:
Lameassmadeupname's Photo A tiny owl wearing Jayne's hat!

Other Fandom:
Lameassmadeup maidenname's Photo and Quote Why do yo write these strong female characters? ; Fringe Fanart and Quote But I held onto you. - "And it wasn’t reasonable, and it wasn’t logical, but I did it, so... why didn’t you? She wasn’t me. How could you not see that?"
Atomicblonde's Lost Video I love you, Penne! - XD ; X-Men Fanart Azazel and Kurt ; Fanart Charles and Eric ; GIF and Text DID YOU EVEN THINK BEFORE YOU PUT THOSE WORDS WITH THAT GESTURE AND FACIAL EXPRESSION CHARLES GOD
It's Sorcery's Harry Potter Don't point that thing at us!
Tacoface's X-Men Fanart Something on your mind? ; Harry Potter Wizard People Dear Reader Recommendation

Multifandom:
Tacoface's GIFs Here's My Ideal Life - Hell yeah!
Lameassmadeupname's Text I think that you can hate a character without hating the way they're written

Random:
Tumblr'a Writing Problems
Eastcollins' Fanart Go the fuck to sleep
-Wondersmith's Tumblr Tag: People who are actually animals in disguise
It's Sorcery's Secret cinema found beneath Paris ; Photo Number of US soldiers killed in Iraq vs. those who committed suicide


* Stephen Wright quotes